NAB Cup fixture

Adelaide will kick off its NAB Cup premiership defence against St Kilda.

Adelaide will kick off its NAB Cup premiership defence against St Kilda in the first of three round-robin matches to be held at AAMI Stadium on Sunday, February 17.

The Crows will clash with the Saints at 4.10pm (local time) and then have an hour’s break before backing up against Port Adelaide in the final match of the day starting at 6:20pm. The Power and Saints will do battle in the second game at 5:15pm. The opening round of NAB Cup matches will be split across two weeks.

Adelaide will travel to Simonds Stadium to play Geelong in the second round of the pre-season competition at 2:40pm (local time) on Saturday, March 2. The Club’s will return to AAMI Stadium for a third-round clash with Carlton on Friday March 8 (8.10pm local time).

The NAB Cup Grand Final between the top-two teams after the first three rounds will be held on either Friday, March 15 or Saturday, March 16. The remaining sides will play matches at recognised AFL venues across the weekend.

Ticketing information will be released as it comes to hand from the AFL.

Last year, the Crows went through the competition undefeated, beating West Coast at AAMI Stadium in the decider to claim their second pre-season crown.